A JOURNAL ON TAX0N0M1C BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY REINWARDTIA Editors MIEN A. RIFAI KUSWATA KARTAWINATA N. WULIJARNI-S0ETJ1PT0 Published by HERBARIUM BGGORIENSE LEMBAGA BIOLOGI NASIONAL —. LIPI BOGOR, INDONESIA Reinwardtia Vol. 9, Part 4, 377 — 479 31 March 1980 10 ISSN 00-34 — S66X 392 R E I N W A R D T I A REFERENCES [VOL. 9 HOLTTUM, R.E. (1956). Racemobambos, a new genus of bamboos. In Gard. Bull. Sing. 15: 267-273. HOLTTUM, R.E. (1967). The bamboos of New Guinea. In Kew Bull. 21: 263'-'292. SOENARKO, S. (1977). The genus Cymbopogon Sprengel (Gramineae). In Eeinwardtia 9: 231-375. SOENARKO, S. (1977). A new species of Nastus Nees (Gramineae) from Sumba. In Gard. Bull. Sing. 30: 17-19. R E I N W A R D T I A Published by Herbarium Bogoriense — LBN, Bogor Vol. 9>, Part 4, pp. 393; — 394 (1980') COELACHNE GHATICA NAIK, SP. NOV. V. N. NAIK Department of Botany, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India ABSTRACT Coelachne ghatiea Naik, a new species of grass is described from Western Ghats, India. ABSTRAK Suatu jenis baru rumput Coelachne ghatiea Naik dipertelakan ber- dasarkan koleksi dari Ghats Barat di India. Coelachne ghatiea Naik, sp. nov. — Fig. 1. C. simpliciuscula (Wt. & Arn.) Munro ex Benth. similissime, differt in glumis pubescentibus, minoribus, 0.5—1 mm longis, pedicellis longio- ribus, 1.5—2 mm longis (terminalibus in ambo plerumque longioribus exceptis), ergo paniculis effusioribus. HOLOTYPUS: Naik 1300a in Herb. MU Aurangabad. Perennial grass with long creeping stem rooting at nodes. Culms 8—15 cm long, hairy at nodes. Leaves sheaths 5—8 mm long, pubescent with few long hairs; blades lanceolate, 6—30 x 3—4 mm, rounded or sub-cordate at base, many-nerved, hirsute on the nerves above, glabrescent beneath, acute at apex; 'ligule a ring of short hairs. Panicles effuse, 3—8 cm long; rhachis grooved, branches spreading 5—15 mm long. Spikelets globose or broadly ovoid, 1—1.25 mm long on slender pedicels about 1.5—2 mm long. Florets two, the lower sessile and hermaphrodite, the upper pedicelled and hermaphrodite or female. The rhachilla well- developed between the lower and the upper lemma. Lower glume broadly ovate, 0.5 mm long, 3-nerved, pubescent on the back. Upper glume ovate- oblong, about 1 mm long, concave, 5-nerved, pubescent on the back. Lower lemma ovate-oblong,' slightly longer than the upper glume, 5-nerved, pubescent on the back, its palea shorter, nerveless. Callus of the upper floret 0. Upper lemma ovate-oblong, 1.25 mm long, 5-nerved, pubescent on the back, its palea slightly shorter, 2-keeled. Stamens 2 or 3, about 1 mm long. Grain ovoid, filling 2/3 of the lemma. ECOLOGY: Gregarious on wet rocky soil of open grassland in asso- ciation with Utricidaria reticulata Sin., Erwcauton spp. and other grasses. _ 3 9 3 — 3-94 P , E I N W A R D T I A [VOL. 9 3 Cm 9 Stamens and ovary 3 & 4. Lower and upper and its palea and 9. This species is similar to C. simpliciusctda (Wt. & Am.) Munro ex Benth., but panicles are more effuse with long-pedicelled spkelets and shorter pubescent glumes. WESTERN GHATS. Amboli hill station, 13 September 1971, Naik 1300a (holo- type and Naik ISOOb, c isotypes). I wish to express my grateful thanks to Dr. J.F. Veldkamp of Rijks- herbarium, Leiden, for valuable suggestions and latin d.agnosi, I am thankful to Prof. K.B. Deshpande of this Department, for facilities. R E I N W A R D T I A Published by Herbarium Bogoriense — LBN, Bogor Vol. 9, Part 4, pp. 39& — 401 (198-0) THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE ACER OF MALESIA THOMAS J. DELENDICK Herbarium, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10U58, V.S.A. *) ABSTRACT It is shown that the legitimate and proper name for the maple of Malesia is Acer laurinum Hasskarl. ABSTRAK Diperlihatkan bahwa nama yang sah dan tepat untuk ki kanada yang ada di Malesia adalah Acer laurinum Hasskarl. For quite some time the name to be used for the entire-leaved, ever- green species of Acer which occurs in Malesia was a matter for question, with A. javanicum Jungh., A. niveum BL, A. laurinum Hassk., A. curranii Merr., A. philippinum Merr., and A. cassiaefolium Bl. being applied by- several authors dealing with that flora. When populations in South- east Asia and Hainan are considered as belonging to the Malesian taxon, another six epithets come under consideration. In the Flora Malesiana, A. niveum is the name indicated by Bloembergen (1948), but this was corrected to A. laurinum by van Steenis (1954). Murray (1969) also concluded that the oldest legitimate name is A. laurinum, and de Jong (1976) (who also recognizes A. garrettii Craib and A. machilifolium Hu & Cheng for mainland populations) concurs. In 1965, in a publication apparently overlooked by the above mono- graphers, Kostermans pointed out that Laurus caesia Reinwardt ex Blume (1826) from Indonesia is in fact an Acer and, further, that it represents the same taxon hitherto known as A. laurinum! He therefore published the new combination Acer caesium, (Reinwardt ex Blume) Kostermans, and indicated that it was the earliest available name. To date, A. caesium (Reinwardt ex Blume) Kostermans is hardly known in the botanical literature, having been adopted only by Whitmore (1973) in his Tree Flora of Malaya. * Present address: Herbarium, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, lOO© Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11225, U.S.A. CONTENTS Page Hsu AN KENG. A new interpretation of the compound strobilar structures of cordaites and conifers , 377 SOEJATMI DRANSFIELD. Three new Malesian species of Gramineae 385 V. N. NAIK. Coelachne ghatica Naik, sp. nov 393 THOMAS J. DELENDICK. The correct name for the Acer of Malesia 395 M I E N A. R I F A I . The identity of UstUago amadelpha var. glabHus- cula 399 V. N. NAIK & B. W. PATUNKAR. Novelties in Panicum (Poaceae) from India . 403 N. P. BALAKRISHNAN. A new species of Ophiorrhiza (Rubiaceae) from Great Nicobar Island, India 411 RONALD H. PETERSEN. Type studies in the clavarioid fungi. V. The taxa described by Caspar van Overeem 415 A. W. SUBHEBAR & V. G. RAO. An undescribed species of Calothy- riop